Robert ("Skip") Myers, PhD, is a veteran higher education leader with more than four decades of experience across public, private nonprofit, and proprietary institutions. He has served as a university president and chancellor, senior system executive, and trusted advisor to boards and presidents nationwide. As director of the Board Effectiveness Practice at Casagrande Consulting, Myers has helped governing boards align fiduciary, strategic, and generative responsibilities. His leadership roles include chancellor of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide, executive vice president/COO and interim president of the University of Maryland University College, president of Daniel Webster College, and vice president for policy and planning at Gonzaga University. He holds a PhD in higher education policy, planning, and leadership from the University of Maryland, where he received AGB's Robert Gale Fellowship in governance. Myers brings a pragmatic, data-informed approach to institutional renewal, distilled here into an actionable playbook for boards and presidents.